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Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Treatment
Worries are a hill, and you can climb it.
Who it's for
Children with OCD often feel scared and secretly ashamed of their worries and rituals, and parents often feel guilty.
Scared and confused about worries→Hopeful and less alone
Feelings it meets
What it is
A boy named Casey tells his own story of OCD: the early struggles, the hope he feels when he learns there is a treatment, the relief of hearing that neither he nor his parents are to blame, and how he eventually gets the upper hand.
Where to find it
In print from Lighthouse Press (3rd edition) and on OverDrive/Hoopla through many libraries.
Before you start
Age: Children (under 12)
The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 50
